: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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These donors have argued her anticompetitive policies could curb U.S. innovation by breaking up the country’s largest tech companies.
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Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
When a monopolist’s actions have instead greatly raised consumer welfare, striking down those actions as anticompetitive is at odds with U.S. antitrust law principles.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
State of play: Google and the Justice Department are locked in a trial over allegations that the search giant's advertising business is anticompetitive.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Biden signed an executive order on July 9, 2021, to enforce antitrust laws arising from the anticompetitive effects of dominant internet platforms.
—Anjana Susarla, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
When a monopolist’s actions have instead greatly raised consumer welfare, striking down those actions as anticompetitive is at odds with U.S. antitrust law principles.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
State of play: Google and the Justice Department are locked in a trial over allegations that the search giant's advertising business is anticompetitive.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
Biden signed an executive order on July 9, 2021, to enforce antitrust laws arising from the anticompetitive effects of dominant internet platforms.
—Anjana Susarla, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Anticompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticompetitive. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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